This is the countries only Wildlife Sanctuary within a city's limits. This park set up in 1976 is spread over an area of 27.6 sq. km. Raj Bhavan, the Governor's mansion, occupies one end of the park, and at the other is the beautiful forest - girt campus of Chennai's famous Indian Institute of Technology. The Snake park and the Children’s park are situated within the area of the park, but have separate entrances. The nearest rail head, airport and town is Chennai, at a distance of 5km.

Contact:
The Wildlife Warden
50, IV Main Road, 
Gandhi Nagar, Adyar, 
Chennai – 600 020.